Conferences & Events

Forthcoming Institute Conferences

Programme

Monday 21 July

 

Session 1: Transport at the nanoscale: particle interactions and open boundaries

Chair: Andrew Horsfield


09:25 - 09:30Welcome
09:30 - 10:15

Correlated electron-ion dynamics in atomic wires
Tchavdar Todorov

10:15 - 11:00

TBA
E. K. U. Gross

11:00 - 11:30Coffee
11:30 - 12:15

Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of classical nuclei interacting with the quantum electron gas
Lev Kantorovitch

12:15 - 13:00DFT-NEGF approach to electron transport in nanoconductors: Vibrational signals and Joule heating
Mads Brandbyge
13:00 - 14:00Lunch

 

Session 2: Collision dynamics

Chair: Adrian Sutton

 

14:00 - 14:45High accuracy first principles calculations of molecular spectra
Jonathan Tennyson
14:45 - 15:30

Electronic Effects in Radiation Damage Simulations
Dorothy Duffy

15:30 - 16:00Tea
16:00 - 16:45How good is damped molecular dynamics as a method to simulate radiation damage in metals?
Dan Mason
16:45 - 17:45Open Discussion
17:45 - 18:30Drinks Reception and Posters

 

Tuesday 22 July:

Session 3: Molecular processes

Chair: Andrew Fisher

 

09:30 - 10:15

Dynamics at the nanoscale: Ab initio non-adiabatic molecular dynamics of quantum dots and carbon nanotubes
Oleg Prezhdo

10:15 - 11:00

Resonant exciton energy transfer as a nanoscale measuring tool in conjugated polymers
Sebastian Westenhoff

11:00 - 11:30Coffee
11:30 - 12:15

A new approach to correlated electron-ion dynamics and its application to model nonadiabatic systems
Lorenzo Stella

12:15 - 13:00

Open Discussion

13:00 - 14:00Lunch
14:00 Close of Meeting

 

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